Author Archives: Tony Attwood

  The Never Ending Tour Extended: Summer Days Comparing recordings of Dylan performing his own compositions, across the years. In this series we look back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles (there … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood So here we have another of those Dylan songs that is so distinctive in so many ways it can be something that everyone wants to cover, but only a handful of artists and/or arrangers has the nerve, … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst High Water (for Charley Patton) part 1: London Bridge Is Falling Down High Water (for Charley Patton) part 2: A service with a real preacher High Water (for Charley Patton) part 3: You got a fast car … Continue reading →

By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) An index to all the episodes in this series can be found here. ‘You may buy the ticket because it has Dylan’s name on it; you will leave having seen one of the greatest bands you … Continue reading →

  By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood This series looks at Bob Dylan’s recordings of songs not written by himself.  The songs and opening notes are created by Aaron Galbraith (in the USA) and the additional comments are subsequently added … Continue reading →

The Never Ending Tour Extended: Comparing recordings of Dylan performing his own compositions, across the years. In this series we look back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles (there is an index … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Tombstone Blues struck me as one of those songs I was not going to have much luck with in looking for really interesting and different versions of the song.  The fast beat of the original tends to … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood There is something very curious about Dylan’s music in “Don’t think twice”, and that is that this is a very sad song – and indeed a very bitter song.  He’s leaving, and he is not even saying … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst High Water (for Charley Patton) part 1: London Bridge Is Falling Down High Water (for Charley Patton) part 2: A service with a real preacher High Water (for Charley Patton) part 3: You got a fast car … Continue reading →

This series looks at Dylan recordings of songs not written by himself.  The songs and opening notes are created by Aaron Galbraith and the additional comments are subsequently added by Tony Attwood Aaron: Mutineer was written by Warren Zevon and … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood, looking back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles.   There is an index to that ongoing series here.  Links to previous articles in the “Extended” series are given at the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Next on the list of Dylan songs (in alphabetical order) which have been covered more than once or twice, we come to “To Ramona”, and somehow I had it in my mind that this hadn’t been covered … Continue reading →

There is an index to this whole series of articles through this link.  And you might also be interested in The Never Ending Tour Extended: of which the most recent article is “The evolution of Don’t think twice it’s alright” ———- … Continue reading →

  by Jochen Markhorst High Water (for Charley Patton) part 1: London Bridge Is Falling Down High Water (for Charley Patton) part 2: A service with a real preacher High Water (for Charley Patton) part 3: You got a fast … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood To be alone with you was issued on Nashville Skyline and became a regular on the Never Ending Tour, being performed over 300 times, taking its final bow so far on 3 December 2023. Yet despite being … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood One of the very first articles I wrote for Untold Dylan (some 16 years ago ) was a review of “Dark Eyes”, in which I mentioned the Carrie Myers cover version, bemoaning the fact that I could … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood, looking back at recordings presented by Mike Johnson in the Never Ending Tour series of articles.   There is an index to that ongoing series here.  Links to previous articles in the “Extended” series are given at … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst High Water (for Charley Patton) part 1: London Bridge Is Falling Down High Water (for Charley Patton) part 2: A service with a real preacher High Water (for Charley Patton) part 3: You got a fast car … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Caroline Doctorow’s version of “Time Passes Slowly” is one of my all-time favourite Dylan covers – it has everything that I could possibly want from a cover version – an understanding of the song itself, some beautiful … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood If you want an example of Bob fully understanding the power of his lyrics and linking this with music that delivers the same force, all one has to do is listen to the first verse of “Idiot … Continue reading →